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Repeat Lower Back Nerve Decompression

Wyoming rates for HCPCS 63042

Reopens a level of the lower spine that has been operated on before, clears the scar tissue, and frees a nerve root that is being pressed on, removing herniated disc material and trimming bone from the edge of the nerve channel as needed. It is done when symptoms return at a level already treated. It covers one level of the spine.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Repeat Lower Back Nerve Decompression cost?

$10,748

Typical total for the visit. In Wyoming, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,748 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,162 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,586 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,162$2,630 to $4,266
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,586$7,586 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $6,457 to $9,120Professionalmedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $5,129
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,586professional $3,162

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Wyoming sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Colorado than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Wyoming· 6th of 51

$10,748

$3,162 physician + $7,586 facility

CO $15,002KY $3,224

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.